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How Do Heritage Children Acquire Spanish In Dual Language Schools? Charting The Acquisition Of The Subjunctive Mood, Patrick Thane, Stephanie Rodriguez, Michele Goldin, Jennifer Austin

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Despite the growth of dual-language immersion programs in the United States as a method of equitable bilingual education, few studies have examined how children acquire Spanish through immersion (e.g., Herschensohn et al, 2005; Goldin, 2020a, 2020b; Thane, 2023). This project compares English-fluent heritage speakers (HSs) and L2 learners (L2Ls) of Spanish in their productive and receptive knowledge of the subjunctive mood, an area of Spanish grammar prone to variability in bilingual populations (e.g. Giancaspro et al, 2022; Montrul & Perpiñán, 2011; Potowski, 2007). 56 children participated, including 10 HSs in the 4th/5th grades, 8 HSs in the 7th/8th grades, 20 …

Language Use And Heritage Language Acquisition - The Case Of Portuguese-Speaking Pupils In Finland, Patricia Carvalho Ribeiro

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Heritage And Second Language Acquisition – Differences And Similarities In Written Productions Of Young Learners, Ana Espirito Santo, Nelia Alexandre

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

This presentation aims to explore the linguistic features evident in the written productions of young Portuguese heritage speakers (YHS) residing in France and young French speakers acquiring Portuguese as their second language (YL2) in an immersion setting in Portugal. Specifically, the investigation seeks to determine whether exposure to Portuguese since birth, even under reduced input conditions for YHS, results in more native-like language proficiency compared to the Portuguese L2 exposure encountered by YL2 learners.

While the outcomes of the Heritage Language (HL) and L2 acquisition processes may share some similarities (Au et al., 2002; Knightly et al., 2003, a.o.), the …

Reevaluating Assessment Criteria For Heritage Language Speakers: A Focus On Brazilian Portuguese., Jaqueline Ionson

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Voices In The Shadows: Reflections On The Portuguese-Azorean American Linguistic Heritage, Giuseppe Formato, Graça Indias Cordeiro

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

This study calls attention to the diversity of Portuguese as a heritage language label in southern New England, focusing on the vanishing Azorean-American sociolinguistic heritage in the Greater Boston area. The researchers critically reflect on the attitudes regarding Azorean-American speech and ways in which such attitudes contribute, or not, to the survival of this local way of expression. Through a collaborative sociolinguistic and ethnographic research, this paper is based on the first author’s experience as a Portuguese teacher with young heritage learners of Azorean ancestry in one of the last high schools to offer Portuguese language study in the Boston …

The Status Of Sakurabiat Teaching: Heritage Language And Second Language, Carla Costa, Ana Vilacy Galucio, Rosalina Da Silva Guaratira, Silvana Da Silva Cunha Guaratira, Matheus Augusto Ribeiro Soares

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Portuguese As Heritage Language In Macau, Ana Margarida Silva

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Portuguese language holds a dual status in Macau: it is not only an official language but also a heritage language.

The arrival of Portuguese to this territory in the beginning of the XV century and its consequent foundation of an important trading harbor center between the Far East and Europe (Newit, 2005: 145), has also contributed to the dissemination of the Portuguese language, as well of other languages from the different parts of the maritime Empire (e.g. Africa, India, or Melaka). Thus, a new multilingual and pluricultural society arises from this confluence of people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds …

Shifting Gears: Language Practices, Attitudes, And Shift In Austin, Tx Among Heritage Language Speakers Of Spanish, Patrick Lawrence

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

The current work presents a mixed-methods study examining the intersection between language usage, attitudes, and intergenerational language shift among heritage language speakers in Austin, TX, an understudied community for language shift research. Only one study, Laosa (1975), has examined this topic here, a city where 34% of the population identifies as Hispanic, and one that has experienced unprecedented growth in the last fifteen years (U.S. Census Bureau 2022). Participants consisted of four generations of 20 heritage language speakers, whom I define as those who: a) have a personal and ethnic connection to Spanish; b) grew up in a Spanish-speaking home; …

Phonetic Variation In The Reawakening Language Tunica, Meg A. Harvey

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Tone Sandhi In A Heritage Speaker Of Dinka, Mirella L. Blum

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Dinka, a Nilo-Saharan language from South Sudan, is known for its unusual and highly complex suprasegmental system. The language has independently contrastive tone, voice quality, and three-level vowel length, all of which are both lexical and morphological, and via which almost all of the language’s morphology is expressed (Andersen 1987, 1993, Remijsen & Ladd 2008, Remijsen & Gilley 2008, Blum 2020). Tone has a very high functional load in the language, and tone systems can differ considerably across the more than twenty dialects. In fact, one of the primary way in which varieties of Dinka can be differentiated from one …

Heritage Language And Second Language Processing Of Referential Structures In Russian, Angelina Rubina

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Most studies on second language (L2) and heritage language (HL) acquisition of Russian have focused on one population group (either L2 or, more rarely, HL learners) and one linguistic structure at a time (i.e., Laleko, 2010; Sekerina et al., 2019). However, a comparative analysis of L2 and HL learners on a variety of language structures has greater representativity, offering a more fine-grained picture of bilingual language development. Addressing the representativity limitation of existing research, this study focuses on the grammar feature of specificity (referentiality) in Russian. Specificity in Russian presents an interesting case study, because it is expressed through different …

Plurall By Bem, Felicia Jennings-Winterle

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Plurall by BEM (formerly known as Brasil em Mente) is a cultural organization committed to the teaching, promotion, and nurture of Portuguese as Heritage Language (PHL). It started working in the metropolitan area of New York City, in 2009, offering afterschool programs in which the Portuguese Language was experienced through music/movement classes, capoeira, preschool activities, and literacy.

Through the years, Plurall has developed many other proposals, including the creation of a library that sent books to all 50 American states over the mail; a publisher dedicated to producing didactic material for the teaching of this specialty of Language Education; and …

Does Syntactic Complexity Correlate To Functional Proficiency And Writing Genre? The Case Of Heritage Spanish, Alberta Gatti, Daniela Castillo, Syelle Graves

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Age And Education In The Acquisition Of Inflectional Morphology In Heritage Spanish, Patrick Thane

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

The study of how bilingual education shapes heritage language development is an underexplored avenue for research on heritage speakers (HSs). This line of inquiry has simultaneous implications for theories concerning bilingual development and for linguistic justice for bilingual children. By studying multiple age ranges of bilingual children who differ in their exposure to Spanish at school, it is possible to address the “missing link” (Montrul, 2018, p. 534) in heritage language research: acquisition during the school period. However, dual-language immersion schools are celebrated in the United States for facilitating HSs’ development of Spanish without comparing children’s language acquisition in different …

Language Attitudes And Linguistic Interferences: A Case Study On Italian Heritage Speakers In The Flanders Region Of Belgium, Elisa De Cristofaro, Irene Cenni

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Correlations Between Positive And Negative Attitudes And Oral Proficiency In Brazilian Portuguese Heritage Speakers, Flavia Terra Cunha

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Some studies carried out with heritage speakers suggest that negative language attitudes can have a detrimental impact on language maintenance (Cho 2000, Tse 2000; Zhang & Slaughter-Defoe 2009), while other studies found that positive language attitudes favorably impact language maintenance (Mejías & Anderson 1988, Mejías, Anderson-Mejías & Carlson 2003; Gubitosi & de Oliveira 2020). However, very few studies have analyzed possible effects of positive and negative attitudes into heritage speakers’ level of proficiency in their heritage language, and fewer still have classified attitudes statements into different topic areas and analyzed their impact separately. Another important point is that many studies …

Possible Correlations Between Morphological Awareness And Reading Proficiency In Adult Heritage Speakers Of Portuguese, Marco Tulio Bittencourt

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Readers employ metalinguistic abilities that help them read successfully in their language. Morphological awareness is a metalinguistic ability in which readers decipher complex words and retrieve their meaning (Kuo & Anderson, 2006). Awareness of derivational morphology is crucial in morphologically opaque languages like English since 60 to 80% of derivational words comprise academic texts (Anglin, 1993). The most studied type of morphological awareness is awareness of derivational morphology (Kuo & Anderson, 2006). Studies with L1 English Children (Carlisle, 2000; Kirby et al., 2011) with L1 Spanish-L2 English children (Kiefer, Lesaux, 2007), bilingual speakers (Carlo et al.,2008), L1 Brazilian Portuguese children …

World Librarians Panel: Community Over Commercialization, Theresa Dooley, Charlie Schweik, Mia Klotz, Samantha O'Connor, Sravya Tanikella, Hari Krishnan

Open Access Week

World Librarians is a registred student organization that connects learners around the world without reliable internet access to open educational resources. What sets World Librarians apart is their effort on delivering information that their global partners are requesting. The club has had a global impact, and continues to expand and refine their efforts. This panel will be focusing on the World Librarians history, processes, and impact. You'll hear from UMass students, both past and present, as well as advisors Charlie Schweik and Theresa Dooley, about our workflows, the technology we use, and the potential for future collaborations across campus and …

2022 Secretary General's Report, Elizabeth Brabec

ISCCL Scientific Symposia and Annual General Meetings // Symposiums scientifiques et assemblées générales annuelles de l'ISCCL // Simposios científicos yy las Asambleas Generales Anuales

2022 Annual Report and 2023 Work Plan

Application Of The Theory Of Planned Behavior To Understand Traveler Behavior Affected By Covid-19: A Qualitative Study, Xiaoxu Wang, Jim Petrick

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

With the pandemic still intact, understanding how COVID-19 affects traveler behaviors may be critical to the tourism industry. While much research has been conducted related to COVID-19’s impact on travel, little research has examined the underlying determinants of changes in behavior, and whether these changes will continue over time. This qualitative study was grounded in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Plog's travel model, and the concept of constraint negotiation, to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on travel behavior through in-depth interviews. Preliminary results found that travelers' attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavioral control were influenced by COVID-19, and …

Destination Brand Equity And Value Creation For Internal Stakeholders, Jonathon Day Dr, Gurpreet Kour

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

Destination-based brand equity (DBBE) is a crucial aspect of destination marketing, adding value to products or services beyond their functional benefits. However, the impact of increased brand equity on the behavior of internal stakeholders in a destination is not well understood, even though they play a crucial role in influencing tourist behavior and improving the perceived value of a destination. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the equity created for internal stakeholders by destinations and assessing the perception of the destination's attraction through the customer-based brand equity (CBBE) model. Using the theory of shared value and the …

Cultural And Heritage Tourism: Are Small Company Will Have Ability To Compete With Big Company?, Oktavianus Dato Toda

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

Culture and heritage are two things that are inseparable. Since it has been recognised that cultural and heritage is part of a tourist destination that must be developed with the aim of maintaining its sustainability and existence. This study does explore and analyses how small business and middle and big firm in the same industry will able to share market? and are small business important for state revenue? This study will be based on three research study models, namely context analysis, observational participation and in-depth interviews. These three models will be used to highlight and interpret strategic options from existing …

A Plan For Developing A Bio-Tourism In Umm Qais Village In Jordan, Mahdi Alzoubi Prof. Dr., Janette Aldababneh Ms.

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

This research will present a plan to develop Bio-Tourism in Umm Qais and its surroundings. Bio-Tourism plan in Umm Qais will contribute to the economic development of the region and the employment of the local community leading to improvements in the standards of living by counting on it as a source of income..

This study is based on the existence of historical and cultural elements, the distinctive geographical location, the archaeological site that witnessed several civilizations, and the existence of a local community- that does not directly benefit as much as it hopes from the tourism activity in the region. …

Saving An Australian Icon: Koala (Phascolarctos Cinereus), Aaron Tkaczynski Dr, Sharyn Rundle Professor

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

In February 2022, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) was upgraded to an endangered species in Queensland (QLD), New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) due to flooding, bushfires and urban development causing significant decline in this marsupial’s numbers in these locations. This paper presents a call for tourism action to save an Australian icon through sustainable tourism initiatives. Studies demonstrating the role that the tourism sector can play in koala conservation are minimal, suggesting there is considerable room for improvement to ensure koalas can be experienced by current and future generations. Through applying a triple bottom …

Is Tourism To Blame? Short-Term Rentals And Housing Availability In Montana, Melissa Weddell, Elena Bigart

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

Montana experienced almost 12% population growth between 2010 and 2021, with its largest increase of 1.7% between 2020 and 2021. This growth has been concentrated in Western Montana, specifically in areas like Bozeman, Missoula, and Kalispell. This is in unison with the growth of short-term rentals (STR), bringing perceptions of both positive and negative impacts on the communities, hosts, and guests. Platforms like VRBO and Airbnb have streamlined the process for owners and renters to communicate and transact. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the demand for STR as people were looking for accommodations with little human interaction and remote workers that …

Resident Willingness To Pay For "Local, Ecologically Sustainable And Cultural Food Production And Consumption" In Hawaii, Holly Itoga

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

This study is part of a larger objective to produce data to develop an appropriate marketing campaign for ecologically sustainable and cultural food production for consumption through data analysis on key audience, industry leaders, and Hawaii's food production.

This paper covers a smaller (n=100) study as a mode for survey of locals willingness to pay for "ecologically sustainable and cultural food production and consumption". Through our findings we establish a statistically significant willingness to pay more for consumption of food grown through ecologically sustainable and cultural food production in Hawaii.

Extending Tourism From Main Attractions To Industrial Areas Of The City With The Help Of Art Tourism Beautification, Natasa Slak Valek

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

While work on tourism gentrification in general and the role of aesthetics of gentrification in tourism in particular has been conducted, the nexus between particular aspects of gentrification, such as gentrification aesthetics, and specific forms of tourism, such as art tourism, deserves more attention. Specifically, less has been written on how local stakeholders affected by gentrification understand gentrification aesthetics and their potential role in promoting forms of art tourism. To fill in this gap, through a quantitative survey, this paper explores the opinions of a group of business owners in Mussafah, an industrial and commercial area in Abu Dhabi that …

Hop(E)S Of Rural Revitalization In China? The Craft Brewers’ Perspectives, Bruno Ferreira, Yanjie Long

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

Rural revitalization is a priority of the Chinese government, aimed to combat the country’s rural decline. Local leaderships and entrepreneurs are encouraged to pursue non-traditional and innovative economic activities. With the craft beer scene on the rise in China, this study investigates the potential of craft brewing to support the country’s rural revitalization effort. To this end, we inquired eight brewers about consumer motivation and demographics, business models, marketing, policy, challenges and opportunities. Results show that craft beer is predominantly an urban middle-class phenomenon, and that structural barriers and cultural differences may hamper a swift expansion into rural areas. However, …

A Netnographic Exploration Of Domestic Gastronomic Tourism In The Uae, Ellma Rahman, Cody Morris Paris, Sreejith Balasubramanian

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

In December 2020, the UAE Government launched the ‘UAE Strategy for Domestic Tourism’ across the seven Emirates and the country's first federal tourism campaign ('World's Coolest Winter'), which invited the public "to explore the hidden gems of the seven emirates, rediscover the UAE’s landmarks, reconnect with nature and share their experiences on social media platforms” (UAE, 2023). This study employed an overt passive netnographic approach to explore the drivers of domestic gastronomy tourism through the content shared by a small group of UAE residents through Instagram. The researchers 'hung out' on Instagram with 23 participants over eight months …

An Exploration Of Formal Tourism Development In Quebec’S Indigenous Cree Community Of Waskaganish, Jonathan Blueboy, Zainub Ibrahim

Travel and Tourism Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally

The Cree community of Waskaganish is an Indigenous community situated on the James Bay in Northern Quebec. Waskaganish is in an early stage of tourism development and currently encounters a relatively limited number of visitors who participate in a variety of informal activities including traditional cultural Cree activities including fishing, hunting, and trapping. Current legislation restricts cultural practices such as fishing and hunting to members of the Cree Nation. However, locals informally involve visitors in these activities, which while illegal, is unenforceable. A recent Cree Nation Governance Agreement was passed in 2017 enabling the Cree Nation government to pass laws …